共和党人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米在争夺俄亥俄州州长的选举中与民主党人艾米·阿克顿展开激烈竞争，最新民意调查显示这位印裔美国企业家领先三个百分点，印度新闻社《印托新闻社》报道称。拉马斯瓦米今年41岁，去年在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的背书下进入竞选，一度被视为明显的热门人选，但如今面临前州卫生主管阿克顿的强劲挑战。
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is locked in a close contest with Democrat Amy Acton in the race for Ohio governor, with the latest opinion poll giving the Indian-American entrepreneur a three-point lead, news agency Press Trust of India reported. Ramaswamy, 41, entered the race as a clear favourite after receiving US President Donald Trump's endorsement last year, but now faces a strong challenge from Acton, a former state health chief.
选举将于11月3日举行。若当选，拉马斯瓦米将成为继路易斯安那州的博比·金达尔和南卡罗来纳州的妮基·黑利之后，第三位担任美国州长的印裔人士。拉马斯瓦米在竞选期间遇到了困难。7月，他试图在俄亥俄州接触大学生的活动因他发表的“赢家 versus 抱怨者”演讲而被右翼人群迫使下台。他问道年轻观众：“你们是想赢的人这一阵营的成员吗？还是想抱怨的人这一阵营的成员？”
The election will be held on November 3. If elected, Ramaswamy will become the third person of Indian descent to serve as a US state governor, after Bobby Jindal in Louisiana and Nikki Haley in South Carolina. Ramaswamy has faced difficulties during the campaign. In July, an attempt to reach out to college students in Ohio ended with him being forced off the stage by a right-wing crowd over his "winners versus whiners" speech." Are you in the camp of people in this country who want to win?
观众随即发出嘘声和喧哗，促使他宣布“和平退场”。CNN-SSRS在9月29日至10月5日进行的民意调查显示，阿克顿领先拉马斯瓦米八个百分点。俄亥俄州上一次由民主党候选人赢得州长选举是在2006年，当时泰德·斯特里克兰当选。然而，根据PTI的报道，ActiVote在9月27日至10月19日进行的调查显示，拉马斯瓦米领先阿克顿三个百分点。
Or are you in the camp of people who want to whine?" he asked the young crowd. The audience responded with boos and heckling, prompting him to "peace out".A CNN-SSRS poll conducted between September 29 and October 5 gave Acton an eight-point lead over Ramaswamy. Ohio was last won by a Democratic candidate for governor in 2006, when Ted Strickland was elected. However, an ActiVote survey conducted between September 27 and October 19 placed Ramaswamy three points ahead of Acton, according to PTI.
预测市场Kalshi和Polymarket在周一显示，阿克顿赢得选举的概率为70%，而拉马斯瓦米为31%。拉马斯瓦米出生于1985年8月9日的辛辛那提。他的父母从印度喀拉拉邦的帕拉卡德搬到美国。他在俄亥俄州长大，是一位成就斐然的钢琴家，并在全国排名的网球选手中名列前茅。
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket on Monday showed a 70 per cent chance of Acton winning the race, compared with 31 per cent for Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati on August 9, 1985. His parents moved to the US from Palakkad in Kerala. Raised in Ohio, he was an accomplished pianist and a nationally ranked tennis player.
他于2013年毕业于耶鲁法学院时已经是百万富翁。拉马斯瓦米于2023年发起总统竞选，但在爱荷华州初选中表现不佳后退出，并支持特朗普。特朗普在2024年大选中获胜后，任命埃隆·马斯克和拉马斯瓦米领导政府效率部。拉马斯瓦米随后不久便离开了该倡议，在特朗普的支持下参加俄亥俄州州长选举。对拉马斯瓦米而言，这场竞争依然艰难，特朗普和副总统JD·万斯多次访问俄亥俄州，试图让该州继续处于共和党控制之下。
He was already a millionaire when he graduated from Yale Law School in 2013. Ramaswamy launched a presidential campaign in 2023 but withdrew after a poor performance in the Iowa primaries and endorsed Trump. After Trump's 2024 election victory, he appointed Elon Musk and Ramaswamy to lead the Department of Government Efficiency. Ramaswamy left the initiative soon afterwards to contest the Ohio governor's election with Trump's support. The race remains difficult for Ramaswamy, with Trump and Vice-President JD Vance making several visits to Ohio in an effort to keep the state under Republican control.
万斯计划于周三在辛辛那提进行竞选活动，这是他两周内在该州举行的第二次选举集会。特朗普在他参加的三次总统选举中，均在2016年、2020年和2024年赢得了俄亥俄州。该州从未选举过女性担任州长，并在总统选举中反对民主党候选人希拉里·克林顿和卡玛拉·哈里斯。拉马斯瓦米在最新调查中领先优势微弱，但其他民调和预测市场显示，在11月3日选举之前，与阿克顿的竞争将非常激烈。
Vance is scheduled to campaign in Cincinnati on Wednesday, his second election rally in the state within a fortnight. Trump won Ohio in each of the three presidential elections he contested, in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The state has never elected a woman as governor and voted against Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris. Ramaswamy holds a narrow lead in the latest survey, but other polling and prediction markets indicate a close contest with Acton ahead of the November 3 election.